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Building a Peaceful Society

Building a Peaceful Society

Laura L. Finley / Laura LFinley

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Emerald Publishing Ltd
Año de edición:
2011
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Violencia en la sociedad
ISBN:
9781617354564
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A volume in Peace EducationSeries Editors Edward Brantmeier, James Madison University, Jing Lin, University of Maryland,and Ian Harris, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee,To truly move toward a more peaceful society, it is imperative that peace education betteraddress structural and institutional violence. This requires that it be integrated intoinstitutions outside of schools and universities. Doing so will be challenging, as many ofthese institutions are structured on domination and control, not on partnership andshared power. In particular, U.S. criminal justice, social services and prevention programs, and sport have tended to bedominator-modeled. This book offers analysis and suggestions for overcoming these challenges and for integrating peaceeducation into important social institutions.Creativity will be one of the most useful assets in moving peace education from schools to other institutions. This bookargues that with creative visioning, collaboration, and implementation, peace education can be integrated into the mostchallenging situations and provide hope for holistic changes in our society.

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    A volume in Peace EducationSeries Editors Edward Brantmeier, James Madison University, Jing Lin, University of Maryland,and Ian Harris, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee,To truly move toward a more peaceful society, it is imperative that peace education betteraddress structural and institutional violence. This requires that it be integrated intoinstitutions outside of schools ...